>> join with us and be a mentor through alex gorsky's program. if it's way too early, what time is it? it's time for "morning joe." now it's time for chuck todd. >> the syria standstill. situation seems to be very stuck there right now. and as u.s. and russian diplomats try to find a way forward, america's top intelligence official suggesting syria's civil war could lead to attack in the u.s., there's now a split, potentially, inside the obama white house about what to do. plus radio row. while confirming that the u.s. attorney has subpoenaed his office, governor christie asserts again that he didn't know anything about the bridge closure that's engulfed him in turmoil. very specific on when he knew and when he didn't. and it actually might fit the wildstein timeline. and this round's on me.

don't miss today's takeaway on the thousands of american breweries making good beer from coast to coast. little response to a little tweet that was misinterpreted. good morning from washington. it's tuesday, february 4th, 2014. this is "the daily rundown." we begin my first read with what appears to be that split inside the obama administration over what to do with syria. remember, it was just five months ago, i know to some folks it may seem like a lifetime ago, but only five months ago before president obama went before the nation to make his case for air strikes on the assad regime to keep chemical weapons from being launched amidst a civil war. >> this is not a world we should accept. this is what's at stake. and that is why after careful deliberation, i determined that it is in the national security interest of the united states to respond to the assad regime's use of chemical weapons through a targeted military strike. >> the strike never happened.

the president said he wanted congressional authorization. it became clear that neither congress nor the public was on board with another military operation in the military east. and just days later, a last-minute deal was brokered by secretary of state kerry and his russian counterpart that seemed to give the white house an out. an agreement that forced assad to give up his chemical weapons that he had been using to attack civilians. the deadline to hand over the first shipment of weapons was december 31st. five weeks later, assad still hasn't complied. russia said syria will step up its shipment of chemical stockpiles but the u.s. says the syrian government is stalling. meanwhile, the three-year-old civil war drags on. casualties at 100,000. and the people that remain are being forced to eat weeds to stay alive, people. international peace talks in january went nowhere. prospects for a second round are dim. on friday secretary of state kerry once again threatened the

syrian regime to make good on its promises. >> so the options are all the options that originally existed. no option has been taken off the table. we made that clear at the time of the passage of the u.n. resolution. and i restate that now today. >> but behind closed doors some lawmakers say secretary kerry has been much more specific about what he thinks should be done. he met with a delegation in munich. and according to some who were there, he told them that the current strategy isn't working. and according to republican senator lindsey graham kerry, quote, acknowledged that the chemical weapons delivery is being slow rolled, that the russians continue to supply arms and that we are at a point now where we are going to have to change our strategy. he openly talked about supporting arming some of the rebels and openly talked about forming a coalition against

alcohol because it's a direct threat now. administration officials are disputing the administration of that report. spokesperson jim saki who sat in on the meeting, said it didn't happen the way lindsey graham described. >> at no point did he state what i think was quoted, that the process has failed. >> i think the stories you're referring to actually appear to be a reflection of what senators mccain and graham think of our syria policy, not what secretary kerry thinks. the policy we have in place is the policy we're approximate pursuing. >> what's really happening when it comes to syria? is it to test lawmaker's temperature when it comes to a more aggressive strategy?

one piece of the puzzle was introduced last week by the director of national intelligence, james clapper. he was testifying before the senate and dropped this potential game-changing piece of intelligence into the record. >> in syria, what's going on there may be in some respects a new fatah for us. and what's going on there and the attraction of these foreign fighters is very, very worrisome. aspirationally, to name one, does have aspirations for attacks on the homeland. >> bottom line, is syria turning into a safe haven for afghanistan? that's sort of what clapper was beginning to hint at. i'm going to have more with a lawmaker who was inside that meeting with john kerry. he will be here on set in a few minutes. for now let me finish the rest of my first read. we'll turn to the state of new jersey, governor chris christie

acknowledged to radio listeners that his office has been subpoena bid federal prosecutors investigating the george washington bridge closure. >> we have already communicated to them that we would cooperate voluntarily. they decided to send a subpoena and that's fine. we'll comply, cooperate with the u.s. attorneys inquiry into this and comply with any of the documents they've requested that are appropriate to turn over as quickly as we uncover them. >> answering questions on camera, because, yes, they do, obviously, as you saw there, put a camera in there for the first time in more than three weeks, christie responded to former port authority official david wildstein, who said that he knew about the closures in real time. >> the most important issue is did i know anything about the plan to close these lanes? did i authorize it? did i know about it? did i approve it? did i have any knowledge of it beforehand? the answer is still the same.

it's unequivocally, no. >> what's the definition of real time? and beforehand. though christie dismissed the questions about the precise time ing of the lane closures as a form of a game of gotcha, reports of an angry e-mail from patrick foye in "the wall street journal." >> when did i first learn about the lane closures? the first time this cam into my consciousness as an issue was when pat foye, the executive director of the port authority's e-mail about this incident was leaked to the media and reported on. that was the first time that i got a sense that there might be some issue here. that's when i asked my chief of staff and chief counsel, hey, would you look into this sbee what's going on here?

>> tagain, the timing of when dd christie first know about this, he did say he didn't know anything beforehand. wildstein's claims are in real time. there may be no dispute, maybe both fit if you're playing the legal parcel game. on a rolling basis for the new jersey state legislature to comply with various subpoenas. christie's former deputy chief of staff, bridget kelly, is refusing to turn over documents. citing fifth amendment right to self incrimination and fourth amendment right to privacy, joining bill stepien, who has also declined to cooperate. christie's campaign committee asked state officials for permission to begin raising what is expected to be hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for attorneys' fees in relation with these allegations. without a legal defense fund,

christie's campaign committee will find itself without the means necessary to respond to the subpoenas and will arguably face contempt charges. christie's committee, he says, has about $126,000 in cash on hand. after spending more than $12 million on last year's re-election campaign it has less than $13,000 short of a state mandated limit on how much it can spend. let's turn now to michael isikoff who joins me now from trenton. the governor acknowledged the investigation by the u.s. attorney. >> reporter: right. and that's probably the most significant one. although not a surprise. the campaign committee clearly had acknowledged it had gotten a federal subpoena. still it's a pretty stunning development if you just take a step back, that the office of chris christie has now been subpoenaed by the u.s. attorney in newark, the same office that he used to have. chris christie made his name as

u.s. attorney, going after federal and state office holders on corruption charges. and now he finds his own office as governor being investigated by the very office he used to have. so a month ago, if we had learned that, it would have been a pretty amazing development. of course, everything that's happened since, it certainly fits into context. but it does underscore just what a huge issue this has become for the governor. >> and, mike, let's go to the bridget kelly decision where she's essentially saying i'm refusing to cooperate, cite iin fifth and fourth amendment privileges here. what does this mean going forward for her? >> reporter: well, look, bridget kelly has said she will invoke her fifth amendment rights. bill stepien says he will invoke his fifth amendment rights and david wildstein already has. all the key players who we know

from the e-mails were directly involved in this are not going to talk. so it's very hard to see -- and in the cases of stepien and kelly, turn over documents to the legislature. it's very hard to see how the legislature will get to the bottom of this. they're going to continue their investigations. they're going to get stuff from the governor's office. but the answers may end up with the u.s. attorney. now the question is, when we will learn what the u.s. attorney finds, if we ever do. they've got to bring a federal case for us to -- for the evidence that they get. and they can get this material. >> right. >> reporter: they can subpoena bridget kelly's yahoo! and gmail accounts and get them from third party providers. but we may never see that, unless they bring a federal case. >> right. >> reporter: so the bottom line is this drags on for quite some time and continues to hangover christie, as he goes around the country as rga chairman.

>> and, as we know, a lot of times fifth amendment is invoked and that is usually a sign of saying give me some immunity and then maybe we'll start having kfrgs. michael isikoff in new jersey for us this morning. thank you, sir. >> speaking of new jersey and ethics, news from capitol hill. new jersey democratic congressman andrews will resign from congress today, making an official nt announcement at 11:30. he will reportedly re-enter the private sector. by the way, he is facing an ethics investigation in the house, alleging possible misuse of campaign funds. guess what happens to ethics investigations when a member of congress is no longer a member of congress. they are stopped. ethics committee in the house doesn't investigate ex-members of congress. so, that will go away. the democrat has served 12 years in congress. 12 terms, excuse me. up next, bridging the digital divide for america's students, the president's plan

to get more students connected to high-speed internet without the help of congress. how are we paying for it? plus, why last night's debate for a house seat in florida will echo well beyond next month's special election. first a look ahead in politics planner. as you can see, the president will be heading to maryland today. we'll talk about that on the other side of the break. and coming up, a member of congress who was in that off-the-record session with john kerry. what did he say about syria? that would be my daughter -- hi dad. she's a dietitian. and back when i wasn't eating right, she got me drinking boost. it's got a great taste, and it helps give me the nutrition i was missing. helping me stay more like me. [ female announcer ] boost complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle. all with a delicious taste. grandpa! [ female announcer ] stay strong, stay active with boost.

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the white house today is rolling out some new parts of a plan on the president's first attempt at circumventing

congress, to update classrooms and technology nationwide without asking for help from congress. he encouraged school administrators to apply for an e-rate, essentially a discount. the fcc is committing $2 billion to connect more than 20 million students to broadband and wireless this year. the president's staff has collected more than $750 million from private sector companies like apple, microsoft, sprint and verizon. software, tablets and wireless connectivity are being donated. $10 million in distance learning grant. all of it without a single vote or debate in congress. i'm joined now by cecelia munoz on the white house lawn. little chilly this morning, so i thank you. >> thank you. >> how this is being paid for. it's my understanding it's not all being paid for by these private companies and different

things, that there is sort of a temporary way the fcc will be collecting essentially pennies on phone bills. is that correct? >> reporter: that's right. actually, today's announcement, which has two parts, as you know, focuses on the fcc actually moving funds around, funds that were unobligated, funds taken away from things which were lower priorities to make sure they're advancing the president's goal of connecting 99% of students and schools to high-speed wireless internet. many schools have connectivity in their libraries, computer lab, basement. we're talking about connectivity in every classroom at every desk in a way that can transform how teaching and learning happens in this country. first part of the announcement, the fcc is getting going with the program that can connect 22 million students. last june the president asked companies to dig deep so that they could participate and help facilitate this effort to make sure every student is connected

in every school. today, as you noted, a number of marqu marquise companies like sprint, verizon, apple, microsoft, to get content into their hands and advance teaching in this country, which is what it's all about. >> i want to clarify how this is being paid for. fcc has the power to add a penny to a phone bill. is that what's going on here? >> they have not yet made that decision. fcc chairman has said he is all in. we expect that they will be making moves to look at the e-rate program, to add to this commitment they're making today. fcc is committing money that they have in hand which will go to schools and students this year to begin this connectivity process which again will transform teaching and learning in this country. >> it's my understanding this is supposed to be a five-year plan, meaning that the fcc over that five-year period could increase fees if they had to in order to pay for this program, is that correct? >> if they were to do this, we

understand the increase would be modest but the fcc is considering that. the goal is to make sure we get high-speed connectivity to every student, every chair in every school in a way that allows teachers, for example, to use devices to figure out which students are moving quickly and can move ahead, which students need a little bit more help. the school that the president is visiting today has flipped its classroom by using this technology. students are working in groups more. there's less lecturing going on, more creativity happening. this is a transformative movement for our school. >> the expectation of no child left behind seems to be not on the front burner these days, not talked about. you guys are issuing waivers after waivers. we're up to 42 states with waivers on no child left behind. my question is, if you're issuing -- 42 of the 52 states have gotten waivers. is essentially that law no

longer in effect? >> oh, heavens, no. no child left behind is in place. but what's important here is that the spirit of what we would like to get done in a congressional reauthorization is in place in the way that the department of administration is administering the laws that it has. through using these waivers, it's developed partnerships with states to make sure they are setting high standards, that they are holding schools and students and parents and teachers and administrators to those high standards, and those standards have been adopted also in 46 states, to make sure that together with the states, the department of education is moving the ball forward for our students and those changes are beginning to show results. i think it's important -- >> why wasn't the reauthorization part of the president's state of the union? is this something that's just not going to happen this year? and is that sort of why the department of ed continues to have to work around no child left behind the way they've been doing it? >> the administration put forward a blueprint for the authorization of no child left behind act several years ago. we've been working with

congress, hoping to work in a bipartisan way, hoping to get that reauthorization moving. the president will work with the congress, where the congress is interested and willing to work with him. he is also not going to wait. this department of education is implementing important education reforms because we need to make sure our students are succeeding and ready for careers, ready for college when they graduate from high school. so this president and this secretary of education is doing absolutely everything that they can do within the constraints of existing law because our kids are too important. >> but it sounds then like do you even need it? >> the reauthorization? >> yeah. >> sure. if congress acts, it gives us a lot more tools that we can use to spur these reforms even more quickly, even more thoroughly. it's very important we use every tool we've got while congress has this conversation. and that's what this president and this secretary of education are committed to doing. >> fighting the sounds of the motorcade behind you. welcome it my world when i'm out there. thank you for dealing with the

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back to our top story now. mixed signals on syria. what secretary of state john kerry told a group of lawmakers about the future of u.s. strategy in that country. among that group of lawmakers was new york congressman elliott

engel. he was at the munich conference. congressman engel, good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. >> you've seen the reports, bloomberg view, daily beast and the washington post about what was said that john kerry said about syria. basically that he is somehow concerned that the policy right now isn't working. where are you on this? >> well, you know, in a long-range talk with a number of senators and congress members, there were lots of things that were talked about. i don't know if john kerry definitively said the policy is changing. i have long been in favor of arming the moderate syrian rebels, free syria army. i think that the level that they're being arm sd inadequate. i think we should have been doing this. >> senator john kerry was a big advocate of this, before he became secretary of state john kerry, right? >> yes.

yes. and john kerry was just basically going through with us things that we already know, that syria is a mess. people are being killed. humanitarian aid, which we're doing the most of, is hard to get in. there seems to be no end in sight. assad is essentially iran's proxy in his own country. hez bow hez bol bollah has come in. it looks like there's no end in sight. the problem right now with arming the syrian rebels, which i still favor, it's very hard to pick them out from the jihadists. >> i want to have you pause there. i want to play what jim clapper told congress last week on this very issue about these seyrian rebels. >> syria, what's going on there is, in many some respects a new fatah for us. and what's going on there and the attraction of these foreign

fighters is very, very worrisome. as enti aspirationally on this front to name one, does have aspirations for attacks on the homeland. >> assad, not a friend of the united states. not a friend of israel. somebody you're very concerned about, killing hundreds of his own people. on the other side among people fighting assad is this front who wants to kill americans as well as assad. what does the united states do? >> we have to somehow figure out how to get arms to the syrian rebels, democrats who are fighting for -- >> are they even left in the country? some of these people have been fleeing the country. >> some are fleeing. some are still there. i believe there's a sufficient amount there so that we could strengthen them and try to turn the tide. i don't want to imply that this is easy at all. it's really a hodge podge of things. and right now there are more jihadists in syria than there

were in iraq at the height of the war in iraq. so, this is really a very serious thing. and i think assad really needs to go. the problem is, how can you convince him to go when he think s he's winning the war? >> public opinion on getting involved on anything militarily is very soured. so you're going to need presidential leadership. what do you want to hear from the president? does he need to be speaking more publicly about essentially this -- do we need to go back where we were five months ago and have this public debate about what to do? >> one of the things in the meeting with kerry, he asked us if there was a change on the ground in our districts, if people were more inclined to want to get involved and everyone said no, people just don't want to get involved. >> and some said we could have more debate. the president needs to lean in. >> syria's not going away. i really think that the alternative to having a debate or the alternative to changing our policy is just more of the same and a never-ending civil

war. >> you believe we have to change policy and that john kerry at least is telling the white house, look, we have to have a debate about what to do next? >> i believe that. and some of us are meeting with president obama today. >> this topic has come up. do you want to bring this topic up? >> i want to bring it up as the ranking member on the foreign affairs committee. i think syria is something that's a real hot bed and i think it's not going away. it affects us greatly. it will spill over. there's so much involving syria. it undermines our ability in jordan and all kinds of things. at a time when we're negotiating with iran, iran is playing games with syria. if we're negotiating with iran, it's enkincumbent upon the irans to stop their mischief in syria. russians, of course, are playing games. assad is their puppet as well. with the russians it's a double-edged sword.

extreme -- islamist extremism hits them, too. they've had a lot of attacks on their homeland. they're worried about the olympics. with russia, they're dancing very gingerly, playing games with assad, who is their person. but they're afraid of radical islam, which is being thirsted by the uncertainty in syria. >> interesting to see what the president says to you in private when you bring this up at the white house. thank you. >> thank you. 300-plus point drop, sharpest plunge in seven months for the dow. all three indexes were up in premarket trading. don't forget what friday is. it's big economic data day. we'll get the january jobs report. up next, trading places. we'll hear from the other side of this debate on trade deals. congresswoman rosa delora watched our segment yesterday

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the united states cannot hundreds of thousands of job losses in the u.s. ron kirk told me monday that things have changed a lot since that nafta debate. >> this is a very different place in trade than we were 20 years ago when we did nafta. we had strong environmental and labor provisions and we do know if you do trade right it can create and sustain jobs here in america. we just have to keep pounding that message home. >> with me now is the connecticut democratic congresswoman, rosa delora, one of those opposed to fast track. congresswoman, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, chuck. >> let's start with why you believe that the president -- you know, when you oppose fast track authority, implied in that is that you don't trust the president to negotiate a free

trade agreement. why don't you trust this president to negotiate these agreements with asia and with europe? >> well, let's stop for a second and talk about the free trade agreement. i mean, i think one has to take a look at what goals, economic goals do you want to achieve for this nation? what would you like to see happen with our economy? for me, that's the filter through which i take legislation, whether it's fast track or whether it's the trans-pacific partnership. what i want to try to do is sigh sooe how we raise america's living standards. what do we do about restoring the middle class and how to re-create jobs in america. the trans-pacific partnership fails on all three measures. now, when you start -- i'll take about fast track because that's the cart before the horse. this trade deal is almost concluded. and now the administration has

come to say, you know, put your -- congress has the constitutional authority to deal with trade agreements. and over the years, that has been given away i would just beg to differ with ambassador kirk when he says it's a new age. the fact of the matter is in 2002 we did say we wanted to have new provisions for fast track. we wanted input, congressional input at the beginning, middle, end of the process. there was supposed to be conversations with the committees of jurisdiction, as they were going through the process. and there was to be a congressional oversight committee. none of that has occurred. so, fast track, the way it has been in the past, is a nonstarter. and i believe it would be defeated in the house. >> i have to say, though, i go back -- what you're saying is you don't trust the president. and mike froman, the u.s. trade

representative, to look out for those concerns that have to do with protecting wages in this country and environmental aspects of this. i mean, how do you interpret that any other way? i understand what you're saying about congress' duty. but they're looking for fast track in order because they say, you know what? if the president doesn't have this negotiating authority when you enter into these trade deals then other countries won't enter into the trade deal at all. >> that's right. and, chuck, i would just say this to you and i'll speak just personally for myself. i have consistently, in my time in the house of representatives, been opposed to fast track for any president, democrat or republican. i believe it gives up the constitutional authority of the congress. our only role is to rubber stamp a deal that has already been negotiated. we need to be involved in that negotiation. so, quite frankly, i honor the office of the presidency, but i

do not want to give up any constitutional authority that the house has in this regard. >> all right. let's go to tpp in particular. >> sure. >> that's the one that's farthest along. what would it take, what improvements would you like to see made in the deal in order to get you to support this? is there a way for you to support this trade deal, the tpp, which is essentially a conglomerate put together to compete against china, arguably. what would it take for you to support this? >> the fact of the matter is -- let me just make reference to ambassador kirk. he wanted to include china in this deal. that's what i understood him to say. >> he did say that. i was surprised. >> red. >> yes, he did. >> that's a $250 to $300 million trade deficit we have with china. you want to compete with china, then what you do is to improve our industrial base, our manufacturing base. the peterson institute, by the way, has said that while this agreement would do well by the

financial interest and agricultural interest that, quite frankly, there would be a deficit in manufacturing. my view is that we have to change that. the way this agreement currently stands, which has been -- it's a broad-based agreement, 12 countries and it is -- what it does is to really freeze up banks from regulation. it undermines our food safety. it weakens our environmental standards and it would deny access to affordable medicines to people overseas. >> so why is the president for this? if it does all those things, why is the president for it? i can't imagine this democratic president being for thing that is really do those things. >> on this issue, you know, i -- i've asked the same question. i don't think that -- even with your pundits yesterday, they think it's fine for their financial interests and agricultural interests to make

out okay. the fact of what happens to american workers, stag nating wa wages and all this income inequality that is not so much an interest to them. if you take a look at what happened in korea -- let's just take that agreement right now. two years. it will be two years in march. the first year, trade deficit exploded 37%. translate that, 40,000 jobs being lost. and in manufacturing, in the rehire -- this is not my number. bureau of labor statistics said two out of three of those manufacturing jobs that were lost, those individuals got rehired at a 20% wage reduction. what people only look at exports. >> okay. >> exports. they don't look at what happens with imports and the jobs that get outsourced. i am opposed both to fast track and the trans-pacific

partnership for the reasons i stated at the outset. it does nothing to raise america's living standards, does nothing to restore the middle class and it will not create american jobs. it will lose american job. >> very quickly, 20 years later, nafta, success or failure? >> failure. >> to you, that's why you feel like you guys need to fight harder on tpp, correct? >> we are going to fight harder on tpp. you said thousands of jobs lost. it is millions of jobs lost as a result of nafta, chuck. millions of jobs lost. >> i know talking to folks in the industrial midwest, they feel that way and they feel that way. they feel like that's what began the -- >> the slide. >> -- disintegration of some of these manufacturing towns. >> right. >> a debate that will continue. congresswoman de laura, thank you. >> thank you. developing now, sandra fluck

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time now for your tuesday data bank. marking a social media milestone and watching the marks after a tough monday again. first, 35, that's how many days are left until a bellwether district will be decided in a special election. participating in their first debate last night. jolly attacked health care reform and sink tried to make some progressive points. >> it's now been called the lie of the year. and how a candidate can offend obamacare is beside me. i would favor repeal immediately. >> this affordable care act has not been perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but my position is it should not be repealed because we cannot go back to where we were before. >> jolly called sink a carpet bagger. on minimum wage jolly ended up taking a fairly liberal stance

and got some boos in the exchange as he was trying to attack sync and the president on the issue. >> it's silly we let congress a wage rate. let's decide what wage should be, take it out of the hands of politicians once and for all. >> even if we jumped it up to $10? >> is that what you're saying? >> we have to determine what the appropriate wage rate is today. >> what is it? >> take information from economists, arrive at what the rate is. once we arrive at the rate, let's index it. some years it will stay up, some years it will stay static. it's a fairly progressive notion. >> excuse me -- >> people get less and less selfish. >> actually, it is. it will be very interesting how the business community calls about indexing. by the way, jeb bush is getting behind jolly. the election is march 11th, swing district in a swing state. next up, 326.05 points,

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